CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, July 12 (TNSfund) -- Texas A&M University Corpus Christi campus issued the following news on July 11, 2022: Since 2017, the Upward Bound (UB) program at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi has provided valuable resources like tutoring, scholarship and financial assistance, and college exam preparation to underserved local high school students in their quest to become college-ready. UB will continue its work thanks to a $3 million grant from the United States Department o  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 13 -- Akin Gump, a law firm, issued the following news release: Akin Gump is pleased to announce that it represented Crossplane Capital in the first and final closing of its second private equity investment fund, Crossplane Capital Fund II, L.P., above its $325 million target. With the closing of Fund II, Crossplane has raised over $730 million since its founding in 2018, including co-investment vehicles. Fund II will continue to target lower middle market industrial compan  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, July 12 (TNSres) -- American Airlines issued the following news release on July 11, 2022: American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL) issued its 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report today, providing updates on the company's strategy and progress across key issues over the year. The report affirms American's focus on the issues most important to its business and stakeholders, including climate change; diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI); customer and team me  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, July 13 -- American Airlines issued the following news release on July 12, 2022: For the first time in aviation history, a CORSIA-certified batch of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) was delivered to a commercial airline. American Airlines took possession of a batch of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation FuelTM at San Francisco International Airport. Neste is the world's leading SAF producer and delivered the batch as a part of a pilot program to certify SAF as a CORSIA eligible fuel  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 15 (TNSper) -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following news release: University of St. Thomas-Houston athletics is excited to announce the hiring of Sean Sheikh as the new Assistant Director of Media Relations. Sheikh drew attention in his previous role as a high-performing UST Sports intern since the fall of 2021. Now, he will oversee the Sports Information office that serves all 19 of the Celt intercollegiate programs. At just 21, Sheikh is one of the youngest   more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Arnold and Porter, a law firm, issued the following news: Arnold & Porter achieved a huge win in front of the US Supreme Court for our client, Le Roy Torres, a former employee of the Texas Department of Public Safety, who alleges he was wrongfully terminated because he requested a workplace accommodation because of lung damage he sustained from his exposure to hazardous waste being disposed of in the now infamous "burn pits" in Iraq. On June 29, the US Supreme Court rule  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 14 (TNSres) -- Atmos Energy Corp. issued the following news release: With a focus on long term sustainability and on the pivotal role that natural gas plays in achieving a low carbon energy future, Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE: ATO) has released its latest Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CRS) Report. The report, available online at atmosenergy.com/Sustainability, highlights accomplishments in public and pipeline safety, system modernization, environmental sust  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 14 (TNSres) -- Austin Community College District issued the following news release: Austin Community College District (ACC) was awarded a $40,000 grant from the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), Dell Technologies, and Intel, as part of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Incubator Network, an initiative to design and build AI incubators in community colleges and technical schools across the country. ACC will use the funds to develop a new AI incubator at ACC H  more

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas, July 14 (TNSper) -- Texas AandM University-Prairie View issued the following news release July 13, 2022: In an effort to help bridge resource and leadership gaps at nonprofits across the country, Bank of America today announced the expansion of its Leader on Loan program to Houston with Ife Gbosi, SVP, Business Control Manager at Bank of America, beginning her year-long, fulltime role as interim Director of Strategic Career Initiatives with Houston-area Prairie View A&M Uni  more

WACO, Texas, July 14 (TNSres) -- Baylor University issued the following news: Students with blindness and low vision (BLV) have long faced barriers to the study and discipline of chemistry, often due to the long-standing inaccessibility of science labs to people with disabilities, a lack of non-visual educational materials and technologies not yet optimized for those with visual impairments. To rectify this, a Baylor University chemist has been awarded a $1.3 million grant from the National Ins  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 15 (TNSjou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: A study by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital and collaborating institutions is the first to associate neuronal activity to the levels of sphingolipids, a type of fat, in brain cells. Furthermore, disruption of sphingolipid metabolism led to significant neuronal damage and neurodegeneration in animal models, rev  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 14 (TNSper) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: Dr. Joshua Shulman, professor at Baylor College of Medicine, has been named the new Co-Director of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital. The Duncan NRI is a premier neurological research institution and a destination for families seeking answers and treatments for rare and undiagnosed neurological conditions, as well as for more common neurode  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 9 (TNSres) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news on July 8, 2022: The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine with consortium partners California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced today the new fellowship cohort of postdoctoral researchers supported by the TRISH Academy of Bioastronautics. The program provides funding for two years, and the virtual  more

MCKINNEY, Texas, July 13 (TNSpro) -- Collin College issued the following news release: Collin College's Frisco Campus will offer a new consecutive course scheduling option this fall. Classes begin Aug. 22. The consecutive course option (CCO) offers five core classes over the fall semester: English, Government, History, Math, and Speech. The semester is divided into three-week blocks. Students sign up for all five core courses at the beginning of the semester, but instead of taking the courses   more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 15 -- ConocoPhillips, a producer of oil and gas resources, issued the following news release on July 14, 2022: ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) today announced a potentially significant expansion of its global liquefied natural gas (LNG) business through investment in a new large-scale LNG facility under development by Sempra Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Sempra (NYSE: SRE) (BMV: SRE), in Jefferson County, Texas. ConocoPhillips has entered into a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with S  more

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, July 14 (TNSpar) -- Del Mar College issued the following news release: * * * The program is an opportunity for a second chance and a road down a different path. * * * On July 12, The Nueces County Sheriff's Office (NCSO) and Del Mar College (DMC) administrators jointly announced their partnership to train carpentry skills to selected inmates through the DMC Continuing Education Construction Skills Training Program. The training will help meet the demand for skilled wor  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on July 15, 2022: Today's MAGA Hot Mic moment comes from Texas GOP Rep. Jodey Arrington. Jodey Arrington confirms what we've already known -- overturning Roe was just the first step, and he wants to bring Texas's abortion ban with NO exceptions for rape or incest to the rest of the country. Everything Lubbock: "U.S. Representative Jodey Arrington of Lubbock said Thursday that he is working on introducin  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Let there be no mistake -- Republican leaders like South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem and Texas Senator Ted Cruz have made it clear that they support abortion bans with zero exceptions for rape or incest. Here are just some of the GOP-led states with abortion bans, already in effect or soon to be, that do not allow rape victims to make their own health care decisions: * Alabama * Arizona * Arkansas *  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 14 (TNSper) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on July 13, 2022: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced that Donna Hansel, M.D., Ph.D., has been named Division Head of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. A distinguished pathologist, researcher and leader, Hansel will join MD Anderson Sept. 12. Hansel will lead a team of 650, including more than 130 clinical and research faculty, across four dep  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston issued the following news: By Jeannette Sanchez Three families in three different states all share one thing in common - their children were diagnosed with spina bifida in utero. Through their journey to find help, the families were referred to Ramesha Papanna, MD, a maternal-fetal surgeon with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston and The Fetal Center at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, wh  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 9 -- The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity issued the following news on July 8, 2022: The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) announced that it has awarded more than $156 million in total relief, with more than $17 million awarded this week alone, to some of Florida's most vulnerable homeowners through the Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF). "The DEO HAF team is working around the clock to expedite assistance to our state's most vulnerable homeown  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 15 -- Haynes and Boone, a law firm, issued the following news release: Haynes and Boone, LLP Houston Partner Brent Shultz led a team representing Mizuho Bank, Ltd., in a $1.5 billion delayed draw term loan to Targa Resources Corp.The proceeds of the loan will be used by Targa in connection with its $3.55 billion acquisition of Lucid Energy Delaware, LLC. Lucid provides natural gas gathering, treating, and processing services in the Delaware Basin. The acquisition, announced   more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 12 (TNSper) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on July 11, 2022: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced Kimberly Hoggatt Krumwiede, Ph.D., as dean of MD Anderson's School of Health Professions (SHP), effective Aug. 1. The SHP has been training top-notch allied health professionals for more than 25 years. Graduates enter the job market with a wide range of in-demand skills and routinely score i  more

BEAUMONT, Texas, July 12 (TNSres) -- Lamar University issued the following news: By Shelbe Rodriguez Dr. Sylvestre Twagirayezu, assistant professor of chemistry, has been awarded a National Science Foundation LEAPS-MPS (Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences) grant of $249,682 to develop detection technology for long-chain fluorinated compounds for environmental trace analysis. "Fluorinated compounds are man-made chemicals that become toxic to human  more

BEAUMONT, Texas, July 8 (TNSfund) -- Lamar University issued the following news: By Shelbe Rodriguez The JoAnne Gay Dishman School of Nursing has been awarded a $607,018 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to provide education and tuition support to students who pursue degrees in nursing education. The nursing school plans to implement a program providing opportunities for financial support to eligible nursing students that attend the Master of Science in Nursing Education   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 15 (TNSper) -- Mercer University issued the following Q&A on July 14, 2022, by Julia Rubens with Gary Gerber, dean of Townsend School of Music: Dr. Gary Gerber has just taken his place as the new dean of Mercer University's Townsend School of Music. Originally from Azle, Texas, Dr. Gerber comes to Mercer from his previous role as dean of the School of Fine Arts at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas. During his first week on the job, I asked him a few questions about   more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news on July 11, 2022: First Lady Jill Biden spoke at a "Latinx IncluXion Luncheon" today in San Antonio, Texas. According to a December nationwide poll of Hispanic voters: "40% of Hispanic voters find the term "Latinx" bothersome or offensive to some degree and 30% say they'd be less likely to support a politician or organization that uses the term." According to a recent New York Times/Sienna poll: O  more

IRVING, Texas, July 15 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on July 14, 2022: The Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation and NEWS 10 ABC (WTEN-TV), the Nexstar television station serving Albany and the surrounding area, today announced that the Foundation will donate $15,000 to the Center for Disability Services, one of upstate New York's largest providers of programs and services for individuals with disabilities. The donation is designed to  more

IRVING, Texas, July 16 (TNSper) -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on July 15, 2022: Nexstar Media Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST), today announced the appointment of accomplished broadcast executive Brandin Stewart as Senior Vice President and Regional Manager for its broadcasting division, overseeing Nexstar television stations and digital operations in multiple markets across the country. Mr  more

IRVING, Texas, July 13 (TNSper) -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release: Nexstar Media Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST), today announced the promotion of Melissa Jones to Vice President and General Manager of its broadcasting and digital operations in Dayton, Ohio (DMA #64), including WDTN-TV (NBC), wdtn.com, and its related digital and social media channels. In this new role, she will also be respon  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, July 15 -- Oklahoma Attorney General John O'Connor issued the following news release: Attorney General John O'Connor joined a coalition of 19 states filing an amicus brief at the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in Texas v. United States. The coalition opposes the federal immigration policy, which halts nearly all arrests and deportations, even for immigrants convicted of crimes, and drastically ties the hands of immigration officers. "Once again, President  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 15 -- ConocoPhillips, a producer of oil and gas resources, posted the following joint news release with Pioneer Natural Resources Co. and Devon Energy Corp., on July 14, 2022: Three leading U.S. oil and natural gas producing companies, Pioneer Natural Resources Company (NYSE: PXD), Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE: DVN) and ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP), jointly announced today that they have joined the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership (OGMP) 2.0 Initiative. The initiative's mission is  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 12 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Rice chemists adapt instant process to make more valuable nanomaterials * * * Rice University scientists who "flash" materials to synthesize substances like graphene have turned their attention to boron nitride, highly valued for its thermal and chemical stability. The process by the Rice lab of chemist James Tour exposes a precursor to rapid heating and cooling to produce two-dimensional materials,  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 12 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Rice University bioscientists adapt CRISPR to trigger 'silent' genes in bacteria * * * Silents are potentially golden in the search for antibiotics to slow the ongoing crisis of resistance in the treatment of disease. Rice University bioscientists have designed novel on and off switches to control the "silent" genes in a strain of bacteria. Their strategy could boost the perpetual search for new ant  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 14 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Program identifies conserved SARS-CoV-2 peptides that could be used to develop vaccines * * * Vaccines may need to dig a little deeper to stop SARS-CoV-2. Rice University researchers are providing a new shovel. The lab of computer scientist Lydia Kavraki at Rice's George R. Brown School of Engineering has introduced a program to look for conserved parts of proteins of the virus that causes COVID-19.  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 15 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Nanotube-embedded coating detects threats from wear and tear in large structures * * * A strain-sensing smart skin developed at Rice University that uses very small structures, carbon nanotubes, to monitor and detect damage in large structures is ready for prime time. The "strain paint" first revealed by Rice in 2012 uses the fluorescent properties of nanotubes to show when a surface has been defor  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 15 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Rice neuroengineers use magnetic fields to activate neurons in fruit flies * * * A research team led by Rice University neuroengineers has created wireless technology to remotely activate specific brain circuits in fruit flies in under one second. In a published demonstration in Nature Materials, researchers from Rice, Duke University, Brown University and Baylor College of Medicine used magnetic si  more

CANYON, Texas, July 15 (TNSbook) -- West Texas A&M University issued the following news: A newly published book by two West Texas A&M University professors aims to recenter the narrative around a pivotal American art movement. "Three Women Artists: Expanding Abstract Expressionism in the American West," published June 23, argues that not only did women play a significant role in the development of abstract expressionism, but so did collectors in the Texas Panhandle. In the years since the mov  more

NACOGDOCHES, Texas, July 9 (TNSres) -- Stephen F. Austin State University issued the following news: By Nathan Wicker, Senior Marketing Communications Specialist Stephen F. Austin State University's Dr. George Avery, staff archeologist and cultural heritage coordinator, along with volunteer archeological stewards from the Texas Historical Commission, began to unearth the history of an often-neglected gem in Nacogdoches County - the Sand Hill community. Tucked between Melrose and Chireno along  more

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, July 13 (TNSpro) -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release: Tarleton State University students wishing to study communication sciences and disorders have a new major waiting for them. The major is one of six being introduced this fall, along with horticultural and plant sciences, statistics, legal studies, biotechnology and cybersecurity. "In addition to supporting Tarleton's 123-year commitment to academic advancement, these new market-responsive and   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 15 (TNSjou) -- Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences issued the following news release: Texas A&M Superfund Research Center investigators have developed a novel green infrastructure plan to reduce stormwater runoff in Houston's Sunnyside community by uniquely combining the results of three separate landscape performance tools. Green infrastructure (GI) is a network of interconnected green spaces that reduce the impact of floo  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 12 (TNSjou) -- Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences issued the following news release on July 11, 2022: An international team of researchers, including Drs. Leif Andersson and Brian Davis from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS), has made a new discovery that advances scientists' understanding of the evolution of Darwin's finches. In a study published today in Science Advances, the rese  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 12 (TNSres) -- The Texas A&M University's Engineering Experiment Station issued the following news: By Felysha Walker Texas A&M University is leading the second stage of a widely collaborative science mission to better understand elements of hypersonic flight. BOLT II, a suborbital sounding rocket, was designed to provide information about Boundary Layer Turbulence (BOLT II) during hypersonic flight. The flight experiment, managed by the Air Force Research Laborat  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 9 (TNSres) -- The Texas A&M University's Engineering Experiment Station issued the following news: By Lauren Thompson As the manufacturing industry shifts toward smart technologies and automation, the threat of bad actors compromising industrial capability rises. SecureAmerica Institute (SAI) partners at The Ohio State University are developing an external system to predict robotic untrustworthiness and identify behavior that may indicate a cyber intrusion as part   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 12 (TNSres) -- The Texas A&M University's Engineering Experiment Station issued the following news: By Erin Simoni When pointed to the ground, most laser guidance will form a straight line at a lower speed, but this line can be distorted with hypersonic vehicles. A University of Central Florida team was recently awarded $500,000 from the Department of Defense via the University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics (UCAH) to address disturbances that vehicles encoun  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 13 (TNSres) -- The Texas A&M University's Engineering Experiment Station issued the following news: By Erin Simoni Dr. Chris Combs, an expert in high-speed aerodynamics, is leading a team from The University of Texas at San Antonio researching hypersonic separation events using modeling and experimental measurements. Partnered with Lockheed Martin, the research team was awarded $1.5 million in 2020 by the Department of Defense through the University Consortium for   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 13 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University issued the following news on July 12, 2022: * * * Texas A&M experts Casey Papovich reacts to the "awe-inspiring" scenes of the universe captured by the NASA telescope. * * * By Shana Hutchins Ever since NASA's James Webb Space Telescope successfully launched on Christmas morning, Texas A&M University astronomer Casey Papovich has been looking forward to Christmas in July -- a milestone moment marking the official end of the te  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 15 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: * * * A series of 100-degree days have created worsening conditions for livestock and crop producers across the state, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agents report. * * * By Adam Russell A heat wave across the state is exacerbating the extreme drought conditions plaguing Texas agriculture. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agents and regional specialists around the state have reported a wid  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 15 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: * * * The National Science Foundation awarded a $1 million grant to a Texas A&M team. * * * By Stephanie Jones Guofei Gu, professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, is the lead principal investigator of a research team that has received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Resilient and Intelligent Next-Generation Systems (RINGS  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 9 (TNSper) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Steve Kuhlmann Dr. Ali Erdemir was elected to the 2022 class of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA) members. Academy members are elected for their outstanding achievements in science, arts and governance and hold exceptional standing in society as a result of their scientific work, publications or leadership. Erdemir noted the 35 years he has focused on enhancin  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 14 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Stephanie Jones Dr. Guofei Gu, professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, is the lead principal investigator of a research team that has received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Resilient and Intelligent Next-Generation Systems (RINGS) program to enhance the security of future wireless and mobile ne  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 14 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Paxton joined an Indiana-led amicus brief before the United States Supreme Court asking the Court to review a lower court's decision that "threatens regulatory chaos [and] undermines the coequal sovereignty of each State to regulate emissions within their respective borders," according to the brief. The Court of Appeals' ruling, which the Supreme Court has the power to overturn, "th  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 13 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton led an 18-state coalition amicus brief in support of Utah's challenge in the Denver-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, opposing a court order requiring Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes to sit for an hours-long oral deposition about an employment dispute. The legal issue implicates significant separation-of-powers and federalism concerns. "The lower  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 15 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regarding their use of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) to require hospitals to perform abortions. This latest unlawful action by the Biden Administration comes in the face of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade and the subsequent triggering of T  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 13 (TNSper) -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release on July 12, 2022: Today Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the resignation of Alejandro Garcia as his Director for Communications. He joined the office in October 2019 and his resignation will take effect on August 1, 2022. In his role as Communications Director, Alejandro has overseen the Office of Attorney General's communications efforts, which include everything from managing th  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 15 (TNStalk) -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following statement on July 14, 2022: * * * Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa released the following statement on Attorney General Ken Paxton's lawsuit against the Biden Administration over the Administration's federal emergency protections for abortion care if it is needed to save the life of the mother. "Ken Paxton has showed Texans with this latest lawsuit that there is truly no limit to his and Texas  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, July 13 -- The Indiana House Democrats issued the following news: Following the Dobbs decision, Texas Republican lawmakers published a letter threatening to penalize Sidley Austin and other Texas law firms for their policies to pay for employees' out-of-state abortion procedures. The proposed action would make reimbursement of an employee for reproductive healthcare a felony, even if the procedure were to take place in a state where abortion is legal. A number of large   more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 15 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Connie Gipson as Sabine River Compact Administration Commissioner for a term set to expire on July 12, 2028. The commissioners are responsible for administering the provisions of the Sabine River Compact entered into by Texas, Louisiana, and the United States. Connie Gipson of Longview is the former Gregg County Clerk. She is a former member of the County & Dist  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 12 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed George B. Peyton V to the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) for a term set to expire on February 1, 2027. The Board provides leadership, planning, financial and technical assistance for the responsible development of water for the State of Texas. George B. Peyton V of Austin, originally from Canadian, Texas, is President of River Valley Holdings, Inc., an inv  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 15 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on July 14, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today highlighted the efforts of Texas law enforcement to stop the growing fentanyl crisis ravaging Texas and the nation as a result of President Biden's reckless open border policies at a press conference at the Department of Public Safety (DPS) Region II Headquarters in Houston. During his visit to the headquarters, the Governor toured the DPS drug warehouse and crime   more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 16 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following proclamation: WHEREAS, I, GREG ABBOTT, Governor of the State of Texas, issued a disaster proclamation on July 8, 2022, certifying that exceptional drought conditions posed a threat of imminent disaster in Andrews, Aransas, Armstrong, Atascosa, Austin, Bailey, Bandera, Baylor, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Borden, Bosque, Brazoria, Brewster, Briscoe, Brown, Burnet, Caldwell, Calhoun, Callahan, Cameron, Camp, Castro, Chambers,   more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 12 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on July 11, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today commended the hard work of small businesses - many of which are restaurants and bars - and spotlighted their importance to the Lone Star State's thriving economy at the Texas Restaurant Association (TRA)'s Texas Restaurant Show in Dallas. Addressing hundreds of event attendees, the Governor noted TRA's contributions in keeping Texas the best state for small busin  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * Treatment Necessary, But Often Out of Reach * * * For years, cancer survivor studies have touted the positives of mind-body interventions such as mediation, yoga, mindfulness, massage therapy, acupuncture, tai chi and qi gong to improve cancer survivors' mental health, sleep quality, physical fitness, pain management and lifespan. Together such practices are known as complementary and alter  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release on July 13, 2022: * * * Support for Issues Divides Along Partisan Lines, UH Hobby School of Public Affairs Study Finds * * * Five percentage points separate Republican incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott and Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke with little more than three months before the Nov. 8 Texas state elections, according to a survey of Texas registered voters released today by the University of Hous  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: * * * Campus Group Creating Community of Support for Women of Color Faculty * * * Across the nation, approximately 700 colleges and universities are designated as Minority Serving Institutions, and more than 500 are recognized as Hispanic Serving Institutions. While increased diversity among U.S. students is often acknowledged and celebrated, that's not always the case for faculty. Women of colo  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, July 13 (TNSper) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news on July 12, 2022: Dan Martin is the next president of KU Endowment. KU Endowment Board of Trustees Chair Dave Dillon introduced Martin at a meeting with staff earlier today, July 12. Martin currently serves as the chief philanthropy officer at the Texas division of St. Luke's Health and has extensive experience in higher education leadership and fundraising. Martin will assume the role of president on Aug.   more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, July 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: A comprehensive new genetic and statistical study from researchers at the University of Kansas reveals two groups of scrub jays -- one in Mexico and one in Texas -- deserve status as independent species. The paper, appearing in Systematic Biology, also uses genomic data to sketch a natural history of scrub jays, showing how geographic changes over millennia split up and reconnected groups of the birds, swa  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, July 13 (TNSres) -- The University of North Texas Health Science Center issued the following news: By David Siderovski Recent reports of Iowa beaches closing this summer and three deaths from brain-eating amoeba in Texas in recent years (2019, 2020 and 2021) have brought into focus the lack of treatment for such infections. A researcher at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth's School of Biomedical Sciences is advocating for a renewed effort to d  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 14 (TNSbook) -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following news release: In our often-hectic world, where screens, palm-sized and giant, consume so much of our attention, inspiration for renewing respite has arrived. "The Wounds of Beauty: Seven Dialogues on Art and Education" is Margarita Mooney Suarez's newest book. And once again, the University of St. Thomas-Houston Executive Dean of Arts and Sciences, Dr. George Harne, is a crucial collaborator within its pages.  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston issued the following news: By Caitie Barkley Elisabeth Gentry had experienced auras ever since she was a toddler, but she didn't learn that the occasional strange tastes in her mouth and feelings of impending doom were epilepsy until 2015, when she was 15 years old and suffered a grand mal seizure. Regardless, the Tyler native went on to teach yoga, continue singing, and live life normally. She later e  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 12 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on July 11, 2022: * * * Study suggests a new level of precision medicine is required for some lung cancers * * * A Phase II clinical trial of poziotinib for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 20 mutations, led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, found the drug had significant antitumor acti  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 15 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on July 14, 2022: * * * NCI Alliance trial establishes FOLFIRINOX as preferred treatment regimen * * * In a study of patients with borderline resectable pancreatic cancer, combination chemotherapy with modified FOLFIRINOX before surgery increased survival relative to historical data and compared favorably to FOLFIRINOX plus hypofractionated radiotherapy, according to rese  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release: * * * Featuring novel targets to treat inflammation and cancer, biomarkers for immunotherapy and targeted therapy response, and a new cell therapy option for osteosarcoma * * * The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's Research Highlights provides a glimpse into recent basic, translational and clinical cancer research from MD Anderson experts. Current advances   more

DALLAS, Texas, July 14 (TNStalk) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following Q&A on July 13, 2022, with otolaryngology assistant professor Hongzhao Ji: * * * Summertime trips to lakes or pools to escape the heat can sometimes lead to ear infections caused by excess moisture in the ear canal. Hongzhao Ji, M.D., Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at UT Southwestern, offers information on swimmer's ear, how to treat it, and how to preve  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release on July 8, 2022: * * * NCI funding will give more young cancer patients the opportunity for molecular diagnosis, targeted treatment, and the chance for a cure * * * UT Southwestern is joining with medical centers around the nation to apply advanced sequencing to pediatric brain tumors as part of the National Cancer Institute's new Molecular Characterization Initiative, a   more

DALLAS, Texas, July 15 (TNSawa) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: Reuben Arasaratnam, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern, has been named one of 11 2022 Scholars in Diagnostic Excellence by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). The award, which comes with a flexible research grant, mentorship, and learning and professional networking opportunities, will help advance his work on correcting penicilli  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 12 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Findings provide mechanism to diagnose and treat autoimmune diseases * * * Using UT Southwestern's Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility, researchers for the first time have captured images of an autoantibody bound to a nerve cell surface receptor, revealing the physical mechanism behind a neurological autoimmune disease. The findings, published in Cell, could lead to  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 12 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Over the course of a month, mice taking triptan migraine drugs ate less and lost more weight than other animals * * * Triptans, a commonly prescribed class of migraine drugs, may also be useful in treating obesity, a new study by scientists at UT Southwestern suggests. In studies on obese mice, a daily dose of a triptan led animals to eat less food and lose weight  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 16 (TNSawa) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center cardiologist Ambarish Pandey, M.D., was awarded the grand prize in the American Heart Association Heart Failure Data Challenge hosted by the American Heart Association and the Association of Black Cardiologists. The six-month data challenge asked researchers to test the relationships between heart failure and health disparities,  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, July 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * Huckaby's mission: To show 'the importance, beauty and magnificence of everyday people * * * Artist Sedrick Huckaby of The University of Texas at Arlington is a 2022-23 Fulbright Scholar. The associate professor of art and art history is known for his production of large-scale portraits and use of thick, heavy layers of paint to create texture and dimensionality on canvas,  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, July 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * UTA engineer develops automatic crack evaluation system for roads, bridges, runways * * * A civil engineering researcher at The University of Texas at Arlington will utilize a $122,000 grant to develop an automatic crack evaluation (ACE) system that could save time and money and prioritize maintenance for roads, bridges and runways. For the project, Suyun Ham, assistant pr  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, July 9 (TNSawa) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: Sharareh (Sherri) Kermanshachi, associate professor of civil engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, has won the 2022 Texas Women's Foundation Young Leader Award. The award recognizes breakthrough leadership exhibited by a trailblazer who is achieving success in a field, initiative or sector and is creating a path of opportunity for other women to follow. "This diversi  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 15 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: More of the world's coastal glaciers are melting faster than ever, but exactly what's triggering the large-scale retreat has been difficult to pin down because of natural fluctuations in the glaciers' surroundings. Now, researchers at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) and Georgia Tech have developed a methodology that they think cracks the code to why coastal glaciers are retreati  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release on July 13, 2022: Motors are everywhere in our day-to-day lives -- from cars to washing machines. A futuristic scientific field is working on tiny motors that could power a network of nanomachines and replace some of the power sources we use in devices today. In new research published recently in ACS Nano, researchers from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin created   more

RICHARDSON, Texas, July 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news: By Stephen Fontenot People who experience emotional trauma are often left with intense memories that they can't shake. These long-lasting, intrusive thoughts can disrupt sleep patterns, cause an individual to withdraw socially to avoid potential triggers and generally alter the way a person lives. With new funding from the National Institutes of Health, two neuroscience researchers at The U  more

RICHARDSON, Texas, July 9 (TNSper) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news on July 8, 2022: By Stephen Fontenot Former University of Texas at Dallas student-athlete Isaiah Swann BS'20 has been selected as one of 16 members on the newly reorganized NCAA Board of Governors. In January, the NCAA adopted a new constitution, and Swann's selection makes him one of only three graduated student-athletes on the board -- one each from a Division I, II or III institution. They  more

TYLER, Texas, July 12 (TNSper) -- The University of Texas's Tyler Campus issued the following news release: The University of Texas at Tyler has appointed Dwain Morris as the new executive vice president of administration and chief business officer (CBO), effective Aug. 1. Morris, who succeeds Joe Woelkers who retired in February, comes to UT Tyler from UT Austin Dell Medical School and UT Health Austin where he served as the chief administrative and financial officer for the last five years.   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: With financial support from leading internal medicine organizations, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) will launch "Promotores and Residents in Internal Medicine for Equity (PRIME): A Collaborative Health Equity Curriculum." According to the principal investigators, Jason Morrow, MD, and Elena Jimenez Gutierrez  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 8 (TNSawa) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: Nathan Wiederhold, PharmD, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine and director of the Fungus Testing Laboratory at UT Health San Antonio, received the Medical Mycological Society of the Americas Billy H. Cooper Award for continued outstanding contributions to the practice of diagnostic clinical mycology. Wiederhold is highly involved in preclinical stud  more